Saltwort

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saltwort \Salt"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as
     the {Batis maritima}, and the glasswort. See {Glasswort}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Black saltwort}, the sea milkwort.


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  saltwort
       n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having
            prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn:
             {barilla}, {glasswort}, {kali}, {kelpwort}, {Salsola
            kali}, {Salsola soda}]
       2: low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of
          the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes
          and thick succulent leaves [syn: {Batis maritima}]